College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

Division of Psychiatry

The lectures take place from 4-5pm in the small lecture theatre of the Kennedy Tower on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month during semester time

Special lecture series - Winter 2012

All health professionals and scientific staff are encouraged to attend.

Faces and judging who to trust?

Speaker: Professor David Perrett, University of St Andrews

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 4.00pm

Wednesday 19 September 2012, 5.00pm

Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Neural Synchrony in Schizophrenia: Translational and Developmental Perspectives

Speaker: Dr Peter Uhlhaas, Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 4.00pm

Wednesday 3 October 2012, 5.00pm

Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and premorbid IQ: Is mania brainier?

Speaker: Dr James MacCabe, Institute of Psychiatry

Wednesday 17 October 2012, 4.00pm

Wednesday 17 October 2012, 5.00pm

Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

The Trials of Independent Clinical Trials in Psychiatry

Speaker: Professor Robert Howard, Institute of Psychiatry

Wednesday 7 November 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 7 November 2012, 6.00pm

Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Health economic evaluation: what can it do for me?

Speaker: Professor Sarah Byford, King’s College London

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 6.00pm

Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Treatment choices for depression: making sense of the evidence relating to symptom severity

Speaker: Dr Isobel Cameron, University of Aberdeen

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 6.00pm

Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Depression and physical activity - reflecting upon the findings of the TREAD study

Speaker: Melanie Chalder, Research Fellow, University of Bristol

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 6.00pm

Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital